If you are using any computer or handheld with whatever what flavor OS you care to choose the odds are that you have Flash Player installed right now. It is on over 1.3 billion platforms, which means Flash has a customer base the of the entire population of China. But, what is Flash Player and what is it doing for you? In this article we are going to examine Flash and see what it is and what version 13 of the product will do for you.
What is Adobe Flash Player 13 and What does it do?
The simple answer is that Flash lets your web browser of choice view streaming video, Play computer games and have high quality graphics along with other High quality content on your computer that almost makes your web experience seem real.
Adobe Systems currently owns flash after its acquisition of Macromedia in 2005. In 2008, Adobe announced their open screen project with the intent to provide one application interface that can be utilized on all platforms. That means PCs, mobile devices, and other consumer electronics would all be using the same interface.
*As of this writing mobile support for Adobe Air, which is a Flash-like product, will handle graphics tailored for the handheld market.
Features:
- As of version 13 of the product, the following enhancements and features have been added:
- Enhanced Supplementary Character Support for TextField
- New Stage3D Texture Wrapping Modes
- Stage3D Anti-Aliasing for Texture Rendering
- GamePreview with Adobe AIR
- Improved Packaging Engine – iOS – BETA
- Relocated Full Screen Video Warning to Top of Screen
For a complete list of security updates, bug fixes and other enhancements which may be found at:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1446298
By looking at this list you can see that they have made major changes made to the product most notably support for 64 bit and windows 7.
Adobe flash 13 is currently supported for the following browsers:
- Internet explorer
- Fire Fox
- Safari
- Google Chrome
- Opera
Flash 13 is also supported by the Following OS versions:
Windows
Microsoft® Windows® XP (32 bit), Windows Server 2008 (32 bit), Windows Vista® (32 bit), Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit), Windows 8 (32 bit and 64 bit), or Windows Server 2012 (64 bit)
Mac OS
Mac OS X v10.6, v10.7, v10.8, or v10.9
Linux
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) 5.6 or later (32 bit and 64 bit), openSUSE® 11.3 or later (32 bit and 64 bit), or Ubuntu 10.04 or later (32 bit and 64 bit)
Adobe Air will support the above with the exception of Linux and the following:
Android
Android 2.3 and above
iOS
iPod touch 4, iPhone 4, iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPad mini or iPad with Retina display, iOS 6.1 or later
Installation:
Most browsers now automatically update Flash for you. However if you are a developer or wish to run earlier versions of the product this can be done by going to the Adobe website clicking on Flash player and selecting archived versions of the package. From this selection you may choose to version of Flash.
You may also manually install the product directly from the Adobe website, which is a simple process. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
If you’re unsure of which version of Flash or the version of your browsers that you’re currently using. Adobe also provides a one-click method that gave you the version of your browser, operating system and current version of Flash that is running on your machine.
Adobe Flash Player 13 is a versatile and almost indispensable part of your computing and Internet experience and as we move into the era of smaller handhelds, tablets and cloud computing Flash will be there providing you with the High quality images, graphics and content which you have come to expect and enjoy now and into the future.
